Electrum won't send bitcoin: ascii error

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I was trying to transfer some bitcoins from my electrum wallet to coinbase. However Electrum I get this ascii error whenever I attempt a transfer:

"ascii codec can't decode byte 0xb6 in position 2: ordinal not in range(128)

I have no idea on what's causing this.

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adeyo92

Posted 2016-10-11T18:29:50.653

Reputation: 13

Are you copy-pasting an address into electrum that has non-ascii characters? If so, try retyping the address.Nick ODell 2016-10-11T18:54:11.767

The characters in the address are all ascii characters. I tried retyping the address multiple times but same erroradeyo92 2016-10-11T19:08:05.540

the error occurs after I type my password. Even when I try to sign the transactionadeyo92 2016-10-11T19:12:02.497

Is there a non-ASCII character in your password?Nate Eldredge 2016-10-12T12:22:47.170

And can you edit your question to make it clear exactly when this message appears (i.e. what exact sequence of clicks / keystrokes you did)?Nate Eldredge 2016-10-12T12:23:38.910

I have similar issue, "ascii codec can't decode byte 0xd1 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)" After password changed as well. I think it is a Python problem with unicode or something like that but how can I fix it? THanks. – None – 2016-10-12T13:29:58.620

I have a similar error: ascii codec can't decode byte 0xaa in position 5: ordinal not in range(128) – None – 2016-10-13T19:44:15.513

Answers

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It is a bug, it was reported and fixed yesterday: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/1967

I will make a new release later today, that will include that fix.

ThomasV

Posted 2016-10-11T18:29:50.653

Reputation: 206